Alienware Mothership V10, AW 14,17 & 18 released!
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 Jun 13 2013, 06:33 PM
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Hi, got a problem here with AW M14x. Recently I bought a SSD and a HDD caddy bay. I removed the optical disk, replacing it with the HDD caddy bay. Then I transfer the HDD into the caddy bay, and I install the SSD into the main HDD slot. The problem that occur is boot time is very long (>1min) and sometimes will stuck at windows boot logo.
Note: Both SSD and HDD got no chkdsk error, no disk health error |
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Jun 14 2013, 03:32 PM
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QUOTE(MikeX @ Jun 14 2013, 03:03 PM) Looks like the caddy bay HDD is dragging the SSD boot time. Normally with 2 hard disks where one HDD is faster than another, it will have such delay problem. Thanks for the reply. But when I test it with my asus laptop, it boot very fast (<10sec.) |
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Jun 14 2013, 04:14 PM
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QUOTE(raymondtong94 @ Jun 14 2013, 03:43 PM) IINM, the caddy bay has slower transfer rate than 6gb/s SATA ones. normally, caddy drives can run max 3gb/s only. But the boot time should not be affected rite?Asus = <10sec. AW = If boot, >1min. Sometimes will stuck at windows logo (^both laptop have SSD and HDD; HDD installed inside the caddy bay) |
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Jun 14 2013, 04:30 PM
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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Jun 14 2013, 04:19 PM) faisal_smks03 I got no problem when test with SSD alone. The problem starts when I replace the optical disk with the HDD caddy. Is it possible the boot order changed when I install the HDD?What about if you remove the HDD caddy? Test with SSD alone. and the Boot Order in BIOS, already set to SSD ? |
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Jun 14 2013, 10:31 PM
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QUOTE(lee_what2004 @ Jun 14 2013, 04:34 PM) Well, it could be from the beginning the first order is ODD. Thanks for the repliesThats why check it first. Already test this, I don't think this is the problem. Maybe jumper related problem then  http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-...tml#post8668981 looks like related to the jumper for the HDD. try this guide, http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-...tml#post8599260 This guide is a lil bit hard to understand. I guess better sticking with single HDD for now This post has been edited by faisal_smks03: Jun 14 2013, 10:31 PM |
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Jul 8 2013, 12:55 AM
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QUOTE(tUps @ Jul 8 2013, 12:26 AM) Can anyone borrow me a recovery disc for m14x? alienware M14x Didn't quite get your question. Do you mean you want to backup the win8 that you install?Service Tag: DB5SYN1 .. bought 2011. Installed Windows8 and I cant create the recovery disc now and lost my previous disc after I moved house .. Anyone, pls? |
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